Ndukwe Out For The Season: Bengals Have Seven Defensive Backs On IR This Year

by Josh Kirkendall on Dec 14, 2010 10:11 AM EST in Injury

As Jason posted on Monday evening, the Bengals placed Chinedum Ndukwe on the team's Injured Reserve after what can only be the result of serious knee damage after someone crashed into his knee midway through the first quarter on an attempted tackle.

According to Kevin Goheen, Ndukwe becomes the 15th player on IR, one away from tying the Indianapolis Colts for most players on IR in the NFL. Although that's merely a technicality considering that Jason Shirley isn't being counted on Injured Reserve because he's on the non-football related injury list -- injuring himself away from the team during a charity basketball game.

Dating back to November 14, exactly one month ago, the Bengals have placed 11 players on IR, five defensive backs and four defensive linemen. And yes, we're including Shirley as the 16th player in our list.

	Player	Position	Date	Issue
16	Chinedum Ndukwe	DB	12.13.2010	Knee
15	Rico Murray	DB	12.10.2010	Ankle
14	Brandon Ghee	DB	12.8.2010	Groin
13	Antwan Odom	DL	12.2.2010	Wrist
12	Tank Johnson	DL	11.23.2010	Knee
11	Frostee Rucker	DL	11.22.2010	Knee
10	Chris Crocker	DB	11.22.2010	Knee
9	Jonathan Fanene	DL	11.18.2010	Hamstring
8	Mike Nugent	PK	11.15.2010	Knee
7	Morgan Trent	DB	11.15.2010	Knee
6	Andre Smith	OL	11.14.2010	Foot
5	Adam Jones	DB	10.26.2010	Neck
4	Fui Vakapuna	FB	9.6.2010	Shoulder
3	Gibril Wilson	DB	8.29.2010	Knee
2	Andrew Mitchell	OL	8.24.2010	Knee
1	Jason Shirley*	OL	7.21.2010	Achilles
* On the Non-Football Related Injury List

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we'd suck balls even if we had these guys

by GrooveLeg on Dec 14, 2010 11:14 AM EST reply actions

We were 2-6 or 2-7

when we had all these guys. That is what a 10 game losing streak can do for you.
Rest assured fans, Mike Brown will claim, after the season, that the reason Bengals lost so much was the IR situation.

Look for the Bengals to drop payroll next season too.
Look for Palmer back too now that we’ve heard the company Yes man, Bob Bratkowski tell us how good CP will be again.
No limit to how bad this team will be in the years ahead.

by BENGALS69 on Dec 14, 2010 12:02 PM EST reply actions

not trying to start another conspiracy theory

but you have to wonder how many of these were “really” season ending injuries, and how many players were shelved just to have an excuse for why we suck so bad….

The Curse of Bo Jackson: Jan 13th,1991- present day

by TruWhoDey on Dec 14, 2010 12:39 PM EST reply actions

the conspiracy theorist in me

makes me wonder if they’re also sitting JJo all these games so that other teams are less aware of his talents come free agency. we all know Mike Brown loves low ball offers

Q: Are you going to essentially fire yourself and hire a general manager?
"I call them themes. They (fans and customers) like to talk about different themes when things don’t go well." -Mike Brown

by delorean87 on Dec 14, 2010 1:11 PM EST up reply actions

I think you guys

Are giving way too much credit to Brown, who would have to pay all of the salaries of the new players coming in to replace those players on IR. :)

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by Josh Kirkendall on Dec 14, 2010 1:15 PM EST up reply actions

that's the funny think about mike brown

he gets a cheap training staff and sub par facilities, but then has to pay another 20 players after the annual IR tally adds up. is he really saving himself much money?

i wonder how often he responds to those commercials offering to get rid of his credit card debt

Q: Are you going to essentially fire yourself and hire a general manager?
"I call them themes. They (fans and customers) like to talk about different themes when things don’t go well." -Mike Brown

by delorean87 on Dec 14, 2010 3:59 PM EST up reply actions